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I've read the threads...slow boot
Hi Everyone,
I've read through countless threads and have followed the advice there for an extremely slow boot with Windows 7, but to no avail.
I have a Dell Inspiron with 2.5 GHz processor and 4 GB of RAM. My version of Win 7 is 64-bit. I have done the following to try to speed up the boot:
- stopped/disabled unnecessary processes and startup programs
- updated all of my drivers
- updated all Win 7 files
Now, I cannot download Windows Update (I get error code 80246008 and I have checked to make sure Background Intelligence Transfer is on) AND every time I boot up my sound icon has a red "X" next to it, and so I have to troubleshoot that. I have no idea what sound card I have.
Please help me! I am about to tear out my hair...Windows Vista was much better than this nonsense. :\
-Amanda